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A Teacher's Lesson Plan for by Ms. Annmarie Byrnes, M.A A TEACHER’S LESSON PLAN FOR BY MS. ANNMARIE BYRNES, M.A. www.HarperAcademic.com A TEACHER’S LESSON PLAN FOR AGATHA CHRISTIE’S THE ABC MURDERS 2 Table of Contents Note to Teachers 3 Introduction 4 Fiction 4 Mystery 4 Historical Context 6 Essential questions 7 Reading the novel The ABC Murders 8 Reading Check Assignments 9 Post-Reading Activities 14 Written Work 14 Activities 15 Final projects 19 Education Standards 22 English/Language Arts Standards 22 National Educational Technology Standards 22 A TEACHER’S LESSON PLAN FOR AGATHA CHRISTIE’S THE ABC MURDERS 3 Note to Teachers The study of Agatha Christie’s stories and novels is quite suitable for grades 7 through 12, depending on the abilities of the students and the curriculum of the class. These lessons can easily be adapted to work for different grade and ability levels. The lessons are student-centered, aligned to the common core, and engaging for students to complete. In middle school (7th -8th grade), the short stories are a fine entry into the world of Mrs. Christie’s mysteries. Teachers can use the stories and novels to teach the elements of fiction, literary terminology, research and writing skills, presentation, and vocabulary. High school students (9th -12th grade) can graduate to the novels. The novels’ suspenseful stories, full of rich dialogue and char- acterization, pull even reluctant readers into the world of mystery fiction. The clues and suspects encourage readers to read closely, searching for evidence to solve the mystery. Informational text is a key corollary to the novel, as the teacher encourages additional research on the part of the students to aid in their understanding of the intricate plot and past settings. Historicism encourages research. I have successfully used Christie’s stories and novels in 9th grade English (both college preparatory and honors) and in 12th grade World Literature (all levels and ESL). Even within a specific class, individual students have different abilities and interests. Chris- tie’s books provide many topics, ideas, settings, and characters. Choose the story that will engage your students in reading, so that they read along with your lessons and participate happily in solving the book’s mystery. The ABC Murders is an excellent novel for teens. It is centered on the search for a serial killer (currently popular on TV), has some younger characters in their 20’s, presents romantic interests between characters, and incorporates greed, betrayals, friendships, and secrets. It also contains aspects of police procedure, forensics, and criminal justice; these aspects are both popular on TV and as a possible future college/career choice for students. These varied elements combine to make the novel appealing to teen students. The methods, activities, and projects in this lesson support the common core standards. Choose the work for your students to do which will support the standards you need to emphasize. Select the individual activities which suit your class and its needs, and insert them into your district’s lesson plan template. Standards are available online at www.corestandards.org/the-standards. My students have access to wireless tablet computers and cell phones in class, and therefore I integrate technology into my lessons. Adapt these activities to your class situation. Many students love ebooks for their convenience and privacy. If you can, let students bring their own devices if you don’t have school computers. If students don’t have computer access, you can play the audio of the book as the students read along in print books in class. The books are available in many formats: print books, ebooks for Kindle and Nook, audio books, radio dramatizations, graphic novels, anime, manga, digital games, and videos. ESL students can read and/or listen in their own native languages at home or using ear buds in class. That’s part of the beauty of Agatha Christie; the books have been translated widely into many languages. Don’t be afraid of cell phones! Students can use them as educational devices to read the book, listen to the audio book, research online, ask questions by email or chat, send work electronically, make projects, etc. As I say, it’s a tool, not just a toy. Keep them busy, and the students will have little time to play on their phones. –AnnMarie Byrnes AnnMarie Byrnes holds a B.A. in English and Fine Arts from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia and a M.A. in English from Rutgers University in Camden, NJ. She has taught English since 1980 at Holy Cross Academy, a private high school in New Jersey, and has served as English department chair. Chosen as Teacher of the Year in 2006, she teaches Honors and Advanced Placement English. Her A. P. English classes earn college credit from Rowan College at Burlington County and Seton Hall University. A TEACHER’S LESSON PLAN FOR AGATHA CHRISTIE’S THE ABC MURDERS 4 Introduction A. FICTION Review the elements of a story with the class, using a Christie story the students have previously studied with you. Elements of a Story • Prologue • Rising action • Themes • Exposition • Foreshadowing • Symbols • Characters • Climactic scene • Irony • Conflicts: external and • Falling action internal • Epilogue Have the students create a plot graph or graphic organizer showing their understanding of a story. This can be done collectively or in a group of 2-5 students to aid in review. If the work is done on paper, hang the samples on the bulletin board for future reference. If the work is completed on computer, show the samples on an interactive white board or a projector. B. MYSTERY Introduce mystery as a subgenre of fiction. Have students create a recipe for a mystery, identifying how it differs from the larger category of fiction. The recipe is a good model for adding the elements of the mystery to the already known characteristics of a story. Have the students use their prior knowledge about recipes and mystery movies to help them understand the genre. Show recipe examples to the class. Hang paper recipes on the classroom’s bulletin boards. Elements of a Mystery • Detective • Motivation • Alibis • Detective’s partner • Police • Evil plan of the criminal • Client • Clues • Good plan of the detective • Villain • Red herrings • Solution or outcome • Crime • Suspects Samples of some recipe pre-writing chart templates follow this page. I suggest showing students these templates on the board and having them make their own, using whatever number of rows you think best for your class. These may be used during reading or at the end of the novel, The ABC Murders. A TEACHER’S LESSON PLAN FOR AGATHA CHRISTIE’S THE ABC MURDERS 5 RECIPE FOR A MYSTERY TITLE Characters Name Comments Detective Detective’s Partner Clients Police Prime Suspect Villain Villain’s Partner or Assistant CLUES & RED HERRINGS REAL NOT REAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 SUSPECT’S NAME MOTIVE ALIBI 1 2 3 4 5 6 A TEACHER’S LESSON PLAN FOR AGATHA CHRISTIE’S THE ABC MURDERS 6 PLOT DESCRIPTION COMMENTS Crime Motive Villain Alibi Clues Suspects Solution or Outcome C. HISTORICAL CONTEXT Introduce the historical context of the author, Agatha Christie, and her works. Have students research online to discover and share information about the author, her books in general, this book in particular, her famous characters (detective Hercule Poirot, his partner Hastings, and their friend the Scotland Yard Inspector Japp), and the book’s settings. These tasks can be divided up be- tween student groups, which will then present their research work to the class. Many students today cannot read maps. Students can use technology to locate the settings and share maps and photographs in class. Have students use paper maps and/or Google Earth to find locations and trace the trips that Poirot takes in the course of the novel. Have students determine the railroad schedules of similar trips in your school locale, for example to a waterfront resort, large city, small town, or elite neighborhood. Have students compare travel by modern car, bus, rail, and air to various destinations. Have students share their research, publishing it on your class wiki or presenting it in class. Reading informational text broadens the scope of the lesson beyond fiction. RESEARCH TOPICS • Life of Agatha Christie • Books of Agatha Christie • Geography of the novel º United Kingdom and its train transportation system º London, Scotland Yard, and Poirot’s flat (apartment) º Andover (shopping district) º Bexhill-on-Sea (seashore resort) º Churston in Devon (manor house) º Doncaster (race course) • Hercule Poirot • Captain Arthur Hastings, O.B.E. • Scotland Yard A TEACHER’S LESSON PLAN FOR AGATHA CHRISTIE’S THE ABC MURDERS 7 • Life in England in the 1930’s between the World Wars º Travel by car, bus, rail, and air º Transportation schedules and guides, then and now º Clothes º Servants and door-to-door salesmen º Veterans and refugees of the Great War (World War 1) º Policing º Gender roles º Class structure in England º Entertainment (especially seaside resorts, dominoes, and horse racing) D. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Discuss essential questions in class with the students before, during, and after reading the novel. At first, use examples from his- tory and current events as well as personal experiences and observations. As the class progresses through the novel, use specific examples from the text to help make points. After finishing the book, use these essential questions to guide discussions and focus student attention on activities and projects (both during project creation and presentation). • What
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